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Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges. The meninges are the three membranes that cover the encephalon and spinal cord. Meningitis can occur when fluid circumventing the meninges becomes infected. The most prevalent causes of meningitis are viral and bacterial infections. A bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was a prevalent cause of meningitis in babies and adolescent children until the Hib vaccine became available for infants. There are withal vaccines for Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Experts recommend that all children get them, as well as all adults who are at a higher risk for the disease. In many cases, bacterial meningitis commences when bacteria get into your bloodstream from your sinuses, auditory perceivers, or throat. The bacteria peregrinate through your bloodstream to your encephalon. The bacteria that cause meningitis can spread when people who are infected cough or sneeze. If you or your child has been around someone who has bacterial meningitis, ask your medico what steps you should take to evade catching it. Having meningitis doesn’t always mean you have meningococcal disease. And having meningococcal disease doesn’t obligatorily mean you have meningitis. Meningococcal disease is any illness caused by a type of bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis. Generally, the germs that cause bacterial meningitis spread from one person to another. Certain germs can permeate victuals. How people spread the germs often depends on the type of bacteria. Read about mundane examples of how people spread the variants of bacteria to each other. People can spread the viruses that cause viral meningitis to other people. If you have close contact with someone who has viral meningitis, they may spread the virus to you. However, you are not liable to develop meningitis. Thats because most people infected with these viruses will not develop meningitis. To increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals top online publishing journals are indexed in different indexing and archiving services. Indexing provides easy access of the article online. The top online publishing journals publish articles which are cited as references by many authors in their work. Citations are important for a journal to get impact factor. Impact factor is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal. The impact of the journal is influenced by impact factor, the journals with high impact factor are considered more important than those with lower ones. Indexing provides easy access of the article online. The international journals are among the best open access journals in the world, set out to publish the most comprehensive, relevant and reliable information based on the current research and development on a variety of subjects. This information can be published in our peer reviewed journal with impact factors and are calculated using citations not only from research articles but also review articles (which tend to receive more citations), editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, short communications, and case reports.